The for-itself desires to be its own foundation without annihilating its consciousness.

Evidence

This totality is not the pure and simple contingent in-itself of the transcendent. If what consciousness apprehends as the being toward which it surpasses itself were the pure in-itself, it would coincide with the annihilation of consciousness. But consciousness does not surpass itself toward it annihilation; it does not want to lose itself in the in-itself of identity at the limit of its surpassing. It is for the for-itself as such that the for-itself lays claim to being-in-itself. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 361

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies that the ‘project’ of the for-itself is to synthesize in-itself and for-itself — to become a self-founding being while remaining conscious.
• XREF: This is the precise ontological scaffolding behind the ‘ambiguous being’ Beauvoir develops — the desire to be both self and freedom. — connects to: In possession the for-itself seeks to become its own foundation as in-itself; Consciousness sustains its own being rather than being sustained by it. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 304; Self-foundation would require existing at a distance from oneself, collapsing into for-itself structures. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 341 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• In possession the for-itself seeks to become its own foundation as in-itself #expands (0.92)
• Consciousness sustains its own being rather than being sustained by it. #contradicts (0.78) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 304